MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 19 OCT 25 Station: 29.8882,-85.8621 Latitude: 29.89 Longitude: -85.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1014 -0 24.2 23.4 95 0.8 23.6 239 6 296.2 299.5 296.3 348.4 18.12 1 1000 122 22.9 22.5 98 0.3 22.6 240 8 296.0 299.2 295.8 346.3 17.45 2 950 570 20.5 20.0 97 0.5 20.2 268 18 298.0 300.9 295.2 343.6 15.71 3 900 1036 18.4 16.4 88 2.1 17.0 268 19 300.5 302.9 294.1 339.0 13.11 4 850 1526 16.0 14.0 88 2.1 14.7 273 21 303.0 305.2 293.9 338.2 11.90 5 800 2040 13.6 10.9 84 2.7 11.9 273 20 305.6 307.6 293.4 336.6 10.30 6 750 2582 11.3 9.1 86 2.2 9.9 274 18 308.9 310.7 294.0 338.5 9.73 7 700 3157 8.8 3.3 68 5.6 5.6 274 20 312.3 313.6 292.7 333.8 6.93 8 650 3765 4.4 -5.8 47 10.2 -0.4 277 21 314.0 314.7 290.6 326.2 3.82 9 600 4412 1.2 -10.5 41 11.7 -3.8 291 19 317.5 318.1 290.8 326.9 2.86 10 550 5107 -3.1 -11.7 52 8.5 -6.7 304 22 320.4 320.9 291.6 329.8 2.84 11 500 5853 -8.4 -17.2 49 8.8 -11.5 298 26 322.7 323.1 291.6 329.5 1.98 12 450 6662 -13.6 -23.9 41 10.3 -16.5 282 32 326.1 326.3 291.8 330.4 1.23 13 400 7548 -19.1 -29.9 38 10.8 -21.4 259 37 330.2 330.4 292.6 333.1 0.80 14 350 8528 -25.1 -36.2 35 11.0 -26.9 243 45 334.9 335.0 293.5 336.8 0.50 15 300 9633 -32.3 -38.4 55 6.1 -33.1 228 39 339.8 339.9 294.7 341.6 0.46 16 250 10895 -41.9 -45.2 70 3.3 -42.2 206 34 343.7 343.8 295.5 344.8 0.27 17 200 12359 -55.2 -58.8 64 3.6 -55.4 225 45 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.6 0.07 18 150 14149 -65.3 -76.9 19 11.6 -65.3 260 59 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.7 0.01 19 100 16568 -74.3 -86.6 13 12.3 -74.3 258 26 384.2 384.2 302.9 384.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.92 m Freezing level: 586.00 mb = 4606.92 m = 15114.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.23 mb = 3724.68 m = 12219.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.32 % Est. max temperature: 30.31 C = 86.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1002.11 mb = 103.24 m = 338.72 ft T: 23.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 12.35 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 945.31 mb = 612.40 m = 2009.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.29 C = 79.33 F Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lifted Index: -3.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.08 C Showalter Index: -0.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.93 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.49 C Cross Totals Index: 22.43 C K Index: 32.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 235.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 623.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 954.77 mb = 525.98 m = 1725.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 889.77 mb = 1134.34 m = 3721.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 269.77 mb = 10368.08 m = 34015.61 ft B at Equ Level: 622.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.77 mb = 14571.07 m = 47804.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.4 at 19.8 knts Storm direction: 311.4 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.5 neg: -6.3 tot: 55.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 36.79 Bulk Shear: 16.93 m/s